by Robert Solomon | Sep 8, 2016 | B2B Software, Construction, E-invoicing, Financial services, Procure to Pay, Public Sector, Supply Chain Finance
If you are interested in B2B SaaS companies, you will be interested in a recent list published by Battery Ventures. Battery partnered with its portfolio company, Glassdoor, to publish a list entitled, “50 Highest Rated Private Cloud Companies to Work...
by Robert Solomon | May 31, 2016 | B2B Software, Procure to Pay, Public Sector, Valuation
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Sciquest (SQI) has agreed to be taken private by Accel-KKR for $17.75 per share or about $509 million. This represents a 34% premium to the stock’s closing price on Friday. According to the WSJ, “SciQuest’s board...
by Robert Solomon | Sep 29, 2015 | Airlines, B2B Software, Electronic Payments, Enterprise Software, Financial services, Insurance, Payments, Public Sector, Real Estate
If you are interested in B2B software generally, you should be particularly interested in the Canadian B2B software industry. I’m not sure what is in the water (beer?) up there, but Canada has more than its fair share of interesting B2B software companies and...
by Robert Solomon | Mar 11, 2014 | B2B Software, Healthcare, Insurance, Pricing, Public Sector
This is the seventh in my aging series of posts on the nine value propositions offered by B2B platforms/multi-sided markets. You will be pleased to know that these last three posts will be brief! Value Proposition #7: Industry Big Data Industry Big Data (IBD)...
by Robert Solomon | Jan 16, 2014 | Automobile, B2B Software, Consolidating Competition, Education, Foodservice, Public Sector
In my last post, I promised a deeper dive into four of my favorite Industry Dominators–companies that have chosen to expand across an entire business process (usually source to settle) within one industry, or portion of an industry. Even though they are in...
by Robert Solomon | Oct 30, 2013 | Pricing, Public Sector |
A year and half ago I wrote a post about businesses being built by adding value to data coming from federal government sources. Businesses like Panjiva, BrightScope, and Mediagrif. With tongue planted firmly in cheek, I also offered a free idea to make someone...
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